#38C6AA#38C6AA

#38C6AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C6AA
RGBrgb(56, 198, 170)
HSLhsl(168, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(168, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 0%, 14.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.31, -43.76, 3.28)
CIE-LCHlch(72.31, 43.88, 175.71°)
OKLaboklab(74.56% -0.1248 0.008)
OKLCHoklch(74.56% 0.125 176.3)
XYZxyz(29.0770, 44.1278, 45.0075)
Luminance0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C6AA #C63854
analogous
#38C663 #38C6AA #389BC6
triadic
#38C6AA #AA38C6 #C6AA38
tetradic
#38C6AA #6338C6 #C63854 #9BC638
square
#38C6AA #6338C6 #C63854 #9BC638
split-complementary
#38C6AA #C6389B #C66338
monochromatic
#1D6758 #2B9681 #38C6AA #67D4BF #97E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#38C6AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83
#38C6AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6AA
9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C6AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C6AA1.002.149.839.83
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8321.001.001.00
##0000009.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFBAA9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABACAC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 176.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8c3',
    500: '#38c6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c6aa;
$custom-light: #83d8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C6AA
secondary
#CD8D99
accent
#4966DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#38C6AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva